Analysis of The Cry Of Mammon
Leon Gellert 1892 (Australia) – 1977
The dazzling earth is rich with easy thrones.
The corn is golden in the golden sun.
The amber day is set with blazing stones,
And yellow kingdoms waiting to be won.
The ruby cries,' My Lord, my lord return!'
The emerald is greener than the trees
Of Proserpine. The bursting sapphires burn
In searching brilliance on the burnished seas.
The hall is empty of its rightful lord,
That lord that sleeps, and hugs his rusty sword.
Could he but step upon these coral lands,
And hurl his polished spear but once, and hold
The shining realm, - within his jewelled hands
Would lie the jewelled stars, and gold , and gold!
Scheme | ABABCACADDAEAE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001111101 0111000101 0101111101 0101010111 0101111101 010110101 110101001 0101010101 0111011101 1111011101 1111011101 0111011101 010101111 110110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 607 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 480 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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